The House Committee on Energy and Commerce's Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will hold a hearing titled "U.S. Public Health Response to the Zika Virus: Continuing Challenges". The hearing will examine challenges and concerns with the U.S. public health response to the Zika virus outbreak, including the ability to determine the link between Zika and other illnesses, the efficacy and limits of available diagnostic testing, the status of vaccine development, and the federal government’s plan to respond to the potential future spread of the virus.

Dr. Rick A. Bright – Director, Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Dr. Anthony Fauci – Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health

Miami Herald – Federal health officials writing in a medical journal on Monday urged doctors to be on the lookout for Zika-related seizures and epilepsy among infants born to mothers infected with the virus while pregnant.

Houston Chronicle – Harris County officials are negotiating with a British biotech company, Oxitec, to create and release mutant mosquitoes genetically engineered so that after they're set loose in the wild, offspring die, and the mosquito population dwindles.

Original Development Brief – Requires the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services to reassess the appropriate drug schedule of cannabidiol and reduces barriers for cannabidiol medical research.